New York: A Photo Essay

I don't know if this would actually be considered a photo essay because it doesn't quite tell the whole story, but it's rainy and I am sleepy and this is what you get today.

Baltimore's Penn Station, Friday morning.

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Practice on the train ride to NY

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Fancy Hotel Hugo

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Subway to Times Square (we lived on the 1 this weekend)

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First stop

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Times Square

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Last minute advice Saturday before the talk

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After the talk

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Sunday. 9/11 Memorial.

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Lady Liberty

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Pigeons staking their claim outside the Plaza

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Sunset. Leave-taking.

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All in all an amazing experience. Mad love to the TED team, including Kelly, Rives, Nick, Cloe, and Liz, plus everyone behind the scenes who made the event so amazing. I will post the talk as soon as it is online.

New York, we will see you again soon...

TEDTalks: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous

So The Child is giving her second TEDTalk next week at the TEDYouth conference in New York. In honor of that, I happened to run across two excellent compilations of the 20 best TEDTalks of all time (most viewed and shared) and ten ridiculous TEDTalks.

I present them both for your time-suck this Saturday. Did these lists get them right? Which talks are missing in either category?

And here is The Child's first talk last year. This year promises to be even better. This was her first public speaking event EVER, and it was broadcast live to millions of people around the world. She put this together in one week.

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Hard to believe a year has passed since this talk, and yet here we are.